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Politicians in Construction in Alaska

Peter J. Boeye (1883-1951) — of Windsor, Ontario. Born in Belgium, January 22, 1883. Builder; real estate business; served in the Belgian Army during World War I; Honorary Consul for Belgium in Detroit, Mich., 1919-51. Catholic. Belgian ancestry. Died, in Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ontario, March 13, 1951 (age 68 years, 50 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.   Image source: Detroit Free Press, August 1, 1932   John Cowdery (b. 1930) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Adrian, Bates County, Mo., February 11, 1930. Republican. Contractor; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1983-84, 1997-2000; member of Alaska state senate, 2000-09 (District I 2000-03, District O 2003-09); indicted in July 2008 and charged with accepting bribes from VECO Corporation; convicted in March 2009; sentenced to six months house arrest and fined $25,000. Still living as of 2009.   See also Wikipedia article   James Henry Gilpatrick (1871-1960) — also known as James H. Gilpatrick — of Sitka, Alaska. Born in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., December 27, 1871. Democrat. Carpenter; photographer; postmaster at Sitka, Alaska, 1935-38. Died in Sitka, Alaska, December 6, 1960 (age 88 years, 345 days). Interment at Moose Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Collins Gilpatrick and Frances Luella (Fergus) Gilpatrick; married 1893 to Katherine Imogene Blackstone.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter Joseph Hickel (1919-2010) — also known as Walter J. Hickel; Wally Hickel — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Claflin, Barton County, Kan., August 18, 1919. Construction business; member of Republican National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1954-59; member of Republican National Committee from Alaska, 1960-64; Governor of Alaska, 1966-69, 1990-94; defeated, 1974 (Republican primary), 1978, 1986 (Republican primary); U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1969-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1972. Catholic. Died in Anchorage, Alaska, May 7, 2010 (age 90 years, 262 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Walter J. Hickel: Crisis in the Commons: The Alaska Solution (2002) — Who Owns America? (1971)   Books about Walter J. Hickel: Malcolm B. Roberts, The Wit and Wisdom of Wally Hickel

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